Posts Tagged ‘Cancer Bats’

2018’s edition of Download Festival was already shaping up to be a good one when we entered the year. Set to be headlined by Avenged Sevenfold, Guns N’ Roses, and Ozzy Osbourne, it was never going to be anything less than absolutely huge.

Returning to fill the void left by Black Sabbath now that they’ve performed their final ever shows together and calling it a day, Bat Sabbath, the covers alter ego of Canadian hardcore punks Cancer Bats, will be coming back over to the UK for a headline run throughout June.

It’s happened, Slam Dunk Festival has officially turned 10 years old. Back when it started out in 2006, it was composed of seven bands on one stage, headlined by Fall Out Boy. Yet, here we are today, with a festival that is hosted at three separate locations across the UK, including a new home in Birmingham – the biggest site of them all – with eight stages hosting at least seven bands each. It’s truly exploded into one of the biggest alternative festivals the country has to offer, and with Panic! At The Disco picked to headline their biggest milestone yet, it seems this is still early days in the grand scheme of it all.

At the moment, it’s looking like 2016 is going to be a great year in terms of new albums, with a handful of huge bangers already out there and many more undoubted hits confirmed to be hitting out ears in the next few months. It’s also important to look back every so often, and it just turns out that a decade ago in 2006 was a great year for albums too.

Of course there are hundreds, but we filtered together 50 great albums that turn 10-years-old this year to remember those modern classics, accompanied with streams to bring ourselves a massive hit of euphoric nostalgia.

NOTE: These albums may bring intense levels and high frequencies of smiles, jumping, involuntary head nodding/banging and limb movements, and uncontrollable happiness.

Following just over a month worth of fundraising, Cancer Bats frontman Liam Cormier managed to raise a total of $20,157.26 to donate to the charity The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation for the shaving of his head. The amount donated by fans and contributors was collected and converted into American dollars to accumulate the final total on February 23rd 2016.

You can check out some photos of Cormier‘s head shaving along with the donation cheque below:

As their 10th anniversary this May approaches fast, the organisers of this year’s Slam Dunk Festival have just made another stellar line-up announcement, with the latest additions to the line-up including Yellowcard (who will play their debut album ‘Ocean Avenue’ in full), Cancer Bats, Mayday Parade, and Northlane, to name just a few. You can find the full line-up as it stands so far listed below, alongside an updated festival poster:

Liam Cormier, frontman of Canadian hardcore giants Cancer Bats, will be shaving his head in aid of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. He will be taking donations at all the bands upcoming UK shows this month, alongside an online donations page through which you can contribute (here). You can check out an appeal video below:

Canadian hardcore punk luminaries Cancer Bats have confirmed the dates for a huge UK tour coming in January 2016. The band will be hitting up eighteen venues up and down the country, and you can find a full list of dates below: